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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e §3.3 Two Basic Rules of Probability · Exercise 15 · Probability · Counting & chance

Two Basic Rules of Probability · Exercise 15

The casino game, roulette, allows the gambler to bet on the probability of a ball, which spins in the roulette wheel, landing on a particular color, number, or range of numbers. The table used to place bets contains of 38 numbers, and each number is assigned to a color and a range.

Compute the probability of winning the following types of bets:

(a) Betting on a color
(b) Betting on one of the dozen groups
(c) Betting on the range of numbers from 1 to 18
(d) Betting on the range of numbers 19–36
(e) Betting on one of the columns
(f) Betting on an even or odd number (excluding zero)

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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §3.3 Two Basic Rules of Probability · Exercise 15

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